Combined bottle and stopper



' (No Model.)

G. A. FULLERTON.

COMBINED BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

Patented Dec. 27,1887.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. FULLERTON, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO WILLIAM F. DUNCAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND GEORGE H. P. FLAGG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 375,347, dated December 27, 1887.

Application filed March 25, 1887. Serial No. 232,354. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoEeE A. FULLERTON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Bottle and Stopper, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of part of a bottle embodying my invention, with my stopper in the throat of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a sectional view in detail of the same. Fig. Lisa sectional detail showing the stopper removed from the throat of the bottle,but secured to the bottle. Figs. 5 and 6 are different views of my stopper, and Figs. 7 and 8 are different views of a modification of my bottle.

My invention consists in the combination of a bottle whose neck is grooved lengthwise and has a transverse shoulder with a stopper provided with fingers turned inwardly at their ends, and a novel means whereby the stopper is prevented from becoming detached from the bottle, as fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, which show my invention embodied in the best way now known to me, the neck of the bottle Ais enlarged ata and has thelengthwise groove a and transverse shoulder a. The shoulder a may be straight, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or inclined, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The bottle A is provided with a stopper, B, and carrier 1), having fingers B,,which correspond in number to the lengthwise grooves a. The fingers B are bent inwardly at their ends to slide in grooves a when the stopper is driven or drawn and to bear against the transverse shoulder a when the stopper-carrier b is turned to lock the stopper in the throat of the bottle. The stopper'B and fingers B may be rigidly connected, if desired; but I prefer to have the fingers and stopper loosely connected, and accordingly interpose the washer b between the stopper B and carrier 1), securing the carrier, washer, and stopper together by the pin B, which is made long enough to project into the mouth of the bottle when the stopper is tipped to let the contents of the bottle flow out. (See Fig.

- 4..) The pin B then engages the neck of the bottle and serves to keep the ends of the fingers B in the grooves a.

\Vhat I claim is- I Bottle A, having a lengthwise groove, a, and transverse shoulder of, in combination with stopper B, having one or more fingers, B, bent inwardly at their ends, and means, substantially such as described, for preventing the stopper-carrier from becoming detached from the bottle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. A. FULLERTON. Witnesses:

EDWARD S. BEACH,

J OHN R. Snow. 

